Baby-walker and table.



No. 684,589. Patented Oct. l5, 190i N. RENNER.

BABY WAL'KER AND TABLE.

(Apphcution filed Apr. 15 1901.)

(No Model.)

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BABY-NALKER AND TABLE.

SEEGJLEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,589, dated October 15, 1901.

Application filed April 16, 1901. Serial No. 55,978. (No model- To all whom it 'ntcty concern:

Be it known that I, NICOLAUS RENNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fostoria, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Combined Baby-Walker and Table, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to a combined baby- Walker and table; and the object of the same is to provide a simple and efiective device for supporting a child, so that he can have unrestrained movement and be sustained and supported while learning to walk and at the same time afford amusement, so as to break the monotony of confinement in one place, the improved device being also useful as a safe caretaker of a child in the absence of an attendant and also capable of adjustment to suit children of different heights and of reduction in extent for disposition in a comparatively small space when not in use.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which Will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a combined baby-walker and table embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of a portion of the device. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of portions of the device.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numerals 1 and 2 designate head-bars of suitable dimensions and preferably reduced gradually from their central portions toward the ends thereof, the said ends having depending legs 3 secured thereto, of any length desired. The central portions of the bars 1 and 2 are formed with mortises 4 in contiguous sides to permit the said bars to be closely interlocked in planes at right angles to each other. Extending centrally through the mortised portions of the bars is a rod 5, having a head or cap 6 bearing on the upper side of the one bar and also having a lower screw-threaded extremity 7 to adj ustably receive a nut or analogous device 8, on which is preferably mounted a washer 9. The rod 5 will be of any desired length and proportionate to the dimensions of the device as an entirety, and on the lower screw-threaded extremity thereof a collar 10 at the inner terminal of a horizontal arm 11 is loosely mounted to have unretarded rotation on the rod and is also freely movable in a vertical direction to accommodate children of different heights,

the necessary vertical adjustment being maintained by moving the nut 8 on the rod. On the arm 11 a table 12 is secured and has a front recess 13 to permit the child to move closely thereinto, and surrounding the said table is an open-work rail 14: to prevent toys placed on the table for the amusement of the child from falling off. With the improved device a belt or corset-like supporter 15 is used and applied around the body of the child, as shown, and to opposite portions of the said supporter eyes or analogous open attaching means 16 are secured for removable engagement with snap-hooks 17 or the like secured to the front end of the table 12 close to the opposite wall portions of the recess 13, and by the use of this supporting means the child is braced and held up close to the table. The child after the supporter has been connected to the table 12 can Walk around as desired and push the table in front of him, and by disposing toys or other amusing devices on the said table the confinement of the child in one place without tedious annoyance or irritation will result. The child can be quickly de tached from the table, and when the use of the table is not further desired the head-bar 1 can be raised to disconnect it from the bar 2, the latter remaining in its place while the rod 5 is pulled upwardly therethrough, and after clearance of the bar 1 from the bar 2 the said bar 2 can be turned to bring it in close relation to the bar 1, approximately parallel with the latter, and thereby reduce the extent of the device for disposition in a comparatively small space. When further use of the device is desired, it can be readily set up in operative position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In a baby-walker and table, the combination of head-bars separably and foldably held in planes at right angles to each other and provided with legs at the ends thereof, a rod depending through the central portions of the bars, and a horizontally-disposed arm rotatably mounted on the lower portion of the rod to have vertical adjustment and provided with a table to which a child is adapted to be secured.

2. In a baby-Walker and table, the combination of head-bars with reversely-positioned mortises at theircentral portions and legs depending from their outer ends, a rod loosely depending through the central portions of the said bars, the latter being separable and foldable on the rod, and rotatable means on the lower portion of the rod for supporting a child.

3. In ababy-Walker and table, the com bination of head-bars With depending terminal legs, a rod depending through the central portions of said bars and having a lower screwthreaded extremity with a nut adjustable thereon, an arm having a collar at its inner end to loosely rotate and vertically move on the said rod, and a table attached to said arm.

at. In a baby-walker and table, the combination of head-bars With depending terminal legs, a horizontally-disposed table rotatably supported by the said bars, snap-hooks on opposite sides of the said table, and a supporter to pass around the body of a child having eyes on opposite sides thereof for detachable engagement by the said snap-hooks.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

NICOLAUS RENNER.

Witnesses:

HARRY P. BLACK, F. STAMM. 

